A Russian Village Club

The following are the rules of a club in a small Russian town in the Tchernizoff district: 1. It is prohibited to enter the club with greased boots. 2. Tradesmen are not allowed to enter the club in their working clothes, which exhale the disagreeable odor of fish, grease or leather. 3. A dress coat must be worn at all New Year's or Easter dances. Any one appearing in a velvet waistcoat or a green necktie is fined 1 ruble. The fines cover the expenses for the band. 4. The members are especially requested not to use the window curtains as pocket handkerchiefs. Offenders of this sort will be expelled from the club. 5. During dances members smoking in the ladies' room will be fined 25 copecks, the fines to be expended in toilet powder and eau de cologne for the ladies. 6. During the quadrilles flirting is prohibited, and no one is allowed to step over the borders of decency. 7. It is strictly prohibited to get indecently drunk, as has happened before now. 8. It is prohibited to strike a partner in the face. 9. In case of disagreement at billiards it is strictly it is strictly prohibited to hit a partner with a cur. -- Chicago Sun Times.